2019 Scientific Sessions

James C. Blankenship, M.D., MSCAI

James C. Blankenship, M.D., MSCAI
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Albuquerque, NM
USA


Biographical Sketch:
Dr. Blankenship practices interventional cardiology at the University of New Mexico where he is acting director of cardiology. He is a professor of medicine at the U of New Mexico School of Medicine and has co-authored over 200 scientific abstracts and publications. As President of SCAI in 2016 he helped develop the Society’s strategic 5-year plan. He has represented the ACC on the AMA’s Relative Value Update Committee for the past 20 years. As chair of the ACC’s Coding Task Force and, later, chair of the ACC’s RVU Update Task Force, he drafted the current CPT codes for cardiac cath and PCI. In his spare time, he has taken 19 medical mission trips, earned a masters degree in health care administration from Harvard, and climbed Kilimanjaro and Aconcagua with his children. He was director of cardiology for Geisinger Health System until June 2020 when he moved to be with grandchildren.

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